The Wall Street Journal:

Worldwide tablet sales will nearly double in 2012 on sky-high demand for Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPad, technology research firm Gartner Inc. predicted.Global customers are seen buying 118.9 million tablets including the iPad in 2012, a 98% increase from last year.Though competitors like Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Google Inc.’s (GOOG) Android are expected to make inroads, Apple’s iOS will continue to be the dominant tablet operating system, Gartner said. The firm expects it to account for 61% of customer sales.

While each year is predicted to be the year of the tablet, this continues to be Apple’s market, with everyone else vying for second place.